Great Britain: The Labor Sweep

Seldom had so smashing a victory come out of so dull and humdrum a campaign.
For three weeks, Britons had barely suppressed yawns as the Conservatives
and Laborites exchanged salvos of slogans. Searching for an issue, the Tories
attacked Labor for not being eager enough to join the Common Market, for rising
prices, for trade-union strong-arm methods, and for just about
everything else untoward that has happened in the British Isles for the
past 17 months. The Laborites shucked off the attacks, arguing that
they had done their best,...